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Hi all, today we'll set up the CSI and to do this, you will need to run the csi as administrator once you open, connect using your CSI username/password if its the 1st time, it will ask you information about the password, recovery, etc.....

Over the years there has been a number of management packs from Microsoft that have left some customer wanting, with both the level of monitoring and knowledge provided within them. That being said, over time the quality of most management packs has improved...

Hi all, in this post i'll start preparing the server for Secunia CSI... i'm using the CSI v6 that is compatible with Windows Server 2012 and System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1. To download it, go to secunia webpage ( http://secunia...

This project is as old as I am LOL, every now and then get reminded to go visit for a revised HOSTS file. So today I updated to catch up with the latest IP’s for those dodgy Trojan sites and Ad spammers. Go check this stuff out, it’ll block a lot in your...

hi All, following my other Microsoft Challenge post ( http://wmug.co.uk/wmug/b/dotraphael/archive/2013/02/27/microsoft-challenge-can-we-download-windows-server-2012-and-system-center-2012-sp1-15-000-times.aspx ), Microsoft UK is now challenging the System...

This week we had a virtual event with Netwrix, where Aidan Simister and Danny Murphy demonstrated a selection of core modules from their Change Reporter Suite. A pretty good overview all-round, with Aidan introducing the company and the products, while...

Using the Visual Studio Authoring Extensions to build your management packs, one extremely useful piece of functionality is the ability to create multiple rules/monitors/discoveries/tasks/views etc. using management pack template groups. The reason this...

While I was out in Seattle enjoying a fantastic MVP 2013 summit, I came across my buddy Niall Brady who was getting all excited about his new CM12 BitLocker front-end HTA (new, I think he’s reached Iteration 3 so not so new …), and we agreed to meet up...

Hi All, Microsoft UK is challenging the UK MVP's and the challenge is simple.... Can we have 15000 downloads of Windows Server 2012 and System Center 2012 SP1? In my opinion we can as we're a big community (I already downloaded my copies). If...

Today the System Center 2012 Operations Manager book became available in Amazon. I would recommend this book to anyone that works with Operations Manager! Purchase the book (paperbook or Kindle) here, http://www.amazon.co.uk/System-Center-Operations...

WMUG has a last minute event up, this one is for NetWrix, see the dedicated Event Page for more information. Overview: This session will offer an overview of a selection of core modules from their Change Reporter Suite. It will provide a brief...

Best to download the docs and review offline now, TechNet (not the ConfigMgr team) have ripped out Classic view which helped us fully expand all the collapsible nodes to enable CTRL-F for searching, now you’ll have to expand the appropriate node out and...

Just come back from a beer with fellow MVP Niall Brady during which he demonstrated his ultra-cool CM12 BitLocker HTA front-end. It’s midnight and I’ve got day 3 of the MVP summit to deal with so I’m going to cut this short so I can hit the sack, but...

Knocked this up today, just install the extension to your Console and when you have a problem click on PayPal and I'll magically appear to fix up your issues!

While the other MVP's head out for Sushi and liquid refreshments I thought I'd retreat to my hotel room, and tinker with my lab back home in the UK. Just not in the mood to socialise with the geeks all getting sloshed at the Opening party either...

I’m about to head off to London Heathrow Airport for todays10 hour flight out to Seattle, visiting the MVP 2013 Global Summit on the Microsoft Redmond Campus. It’s become a holiday-conference combo, it is supposed to be a conference but myself and other...

Hi All, thanks for Michael and Laurence from SolarWinds for the presentation yesterday as well as everyone that joined us. If you could not attend, there is no problem, the meeting has been recorded and will be published soon.... thanks

Got this email today, putting me amongst the top 5% most viewed profiles on LinkedIn I doubt this means I’m a super-star or anything, like come on, but, it sure is super-cool to get viewed so many times!

I don’t think a kids game – MineCraft – running on a Raspberry Pi is all that newsworthy to the audience that reads my ramblings, however this is a bit special as the Pi is cheap-as-chips personal computer that runs on an ARM processor, it’s getting some...

We had to reschedule our event for SolarWinds due to technical reasons but it is now back on! Still a virtual meeting, but now set for the 13th of Feb 2013 at 7PM UK time, check out the Event page for more information. Looks to be a very interesting presentation...

Over on the ConfigMgr team blog they made an announcement that ConfigMgr 2007 and ConfigMgr 2012 now support SQL SP1 support . There Is another reference in the announcement that the Endpoint Protection client will also support SQL 2012 SP1 and Operations...

Hi All, after a test, we did manage to get the meeting working, however, we needed to change the "provider". This time we'll be using GoTo Meeting. The events page will be updated shortly as you can get more info about the event there (...

Hi All, yesterday while we're doing a test we ran into a technical issue and due this reason, the livemeeting with SolarWinds has been cancelled. We're testing another possibilities at the moment and confirming the availability of the presenters...

Using the alert widget in the new dashboards in SCOM 2012 exposes a very useful new column, which is worth knowing about, "Is Monitor Alert". This new column simply informs you whether the alert was generated by a monitor or a rule, and the...

Hi All, this is the part 6, last one talking about SolarWinds Patch Manager, and in this post we'll see how to publish updates to be used by the SCCM... 1st, on the SCCM console, go to Software Library, 3rd Party Updates, Updates overview, all updates...